*~*Woo Pig Sooie, Go Hogs Go*~*The Arkansas Razorbacks Fan Thread *~*

The thing is Alabama is probably deeper than any other school in the nation at this point because it has had a top 3 recruiting class for the last 5 years. Alabama isn't a TCU or Oklahoma St. where they lose a class and suddenly they are an 8-5 team. I would be surprised if they repeat, but I wouldn't be surprised if they go 10-2 or 11-2 and finish anywhere between 3rd-6th in the nation behind some combo that includes USC, LSU, Oklahoma, Oregon, Florida St, Georgia

They are probably one of two or three programs in the nation that can afford to lose talent like that and still be a top contender. I would guess Alabama would start out at about #3 next year behind USC and LSU.

I think their offense will actually be a lot better than last year. And on defense they will have:

The weakest area on defensive, if you want to call it weak, is the OLB positions and even there, I think 92%+ of the schools in the nation would like to have their OLBs. I mean Xzavier Dickson was the 4th rated OLB in his 2011 recruiting class and Adrian Hubbard was the 10th rated OLB in the nation in his 2010 class.

And I am not even including their incoming class that includes Landon Collins, Ryan Anderson, Raggie Ragland, Trevell Dixon, Geno Smith, and Dillion Lee.

The problem with that is you never know how these next guys will pan out and It won't be going out on a limb to say that they won't get the same type of production as the guys that just got drafted tonight. Those guys are absolute monsters and don't all play on the same team and side of the ball too awful often. If you haven't looked at everything that happened to Meyer with Star ratings the last three years you should have. Getting highly rated classes promises nothing except the majority of the higher ranked guys have the best chance to develop into NFL talent after 4-5 years down the road but those could be spread out all over America on different college teams. Meyer got caught star watching and destroyed Florida's progress for two years and maybe one more. Muschamp has made up for some of it rather quickly but there was only so much he could do with that roster last year and the sizes of the players going up against Bama and LSU type teams.

Meyer has never won with a sustained program he is responsible for and won with other peoples players, plain and simple and the mess that he caused at an elite school like Florida is coming out more and more by the day which us Gator fans already knew two years ago. Spurrier is a one of a kind but he set the stage for the success to be there for the future and Muschamp knows what he is doing recruiting, at least that is certain.. and even if he isn't a great head coach he will always field a top tier defense in his tenure to give his teams chances to constantly compete at the highest level.

so who do you think will be the best between adams, wright, and childs?

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I have no idea. We owe those guys a lot though. They were all true Razorbacks. They were just warriors, all of them. I will never forget that diving catch Childs made against UGA in 2009. I will also never forgot that hit Joe took in 2009 vs LSU only to get right back up and keep playing like nothing happened. Wright's performance against TAMU in 2011 was incredible. Jarius and Tyler put the team on their back in a major way in that game. So many good memories from those guys. You could write a book. I have been watching Arkansas football for 25 years and they are all among my top ten Razorbacks.

So after 25 years you have one defensive player and only one player that hasn't played in the last decade?

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I would have put Steve Atwater and Wayne Martin on the list but honestly, I barely remember those guys. I only remember the offensive players from that era. Little kids pay less attention to defense. The only thing I remember about Steve Atwater from those day is that he dropped a pass in the endzone versus Miami that would have put us in the national title game in 1988.

Honestly I hope that isn't the case. I would pretty much hate that. I don't mind Smith being the interim coach but I want someone else to be the permanent hire.

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I don't care as long as they win. This coaching staff has won a lot of football games at a lot of places. A lot of people want a big name, splashy hire. I just want to win.

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Well they're going to win this year because of the talent on the team. The coaching staff would really have to screw up in order to not have a decent year. I like the assistants though, I hope that whoever the new coach is will keep some of them around.

Saw the pics of the new jerseys. F'ing LOVE the white helmet. Can't wait to see better shots of the gunmetal gray (will probably be my favorite). Totally buying NCAA '13 JUST to play as the Hogs with the gray unis.

I just don't understand doing stupid things like that. Thug culture is stupid (regardless of color), and hope someday these young "men" realize that actions such as this have far reaching consequences that will follow you for the rest of your life.

I just don't understand doing stupid things like that. Thug culture is stupid (regardless of color), and hope someday these young "men" realize that actions such as this have far reaching consequences that will follow you for the rest of your life.

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Some of these guys come from poor families. All they do is go to school and play football. They can't work and get spending money. You can tell we don't cheat because our players are always getting arrested for theft. How many times has an Alabama player been arrested for theft?

I know how good of a player he is. Last year's incident and this one show a severe lack of judgement though.

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He is just a ghetto child trying to survive in this cold hard country. You can't toss his NFL future away over something like this.

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What a stupid thought process. HE is throwing it away. Ignorance and upbringing are not excuses for committing crimes he isnt starving; his scholarship provides food and shelter. Thug life born and thug life bred...

I know how good of a player he is. Last year's incident and this one show a severe lack of judgement though.

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He is just a ghetto child trying to survive in this cold hard country. You can't toss his NFL future away over something like this.

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What a stupid thought process. HE is throwing it away. Ignorance and upbringing are not excuses for committing crimes he isnt starving; his scholarship provides food and shelter. Thug life born and thug life bred...

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Good grief. I think we should him give him shock therapy. That will might cure him.

He is just a ghetto child trying to survive in this cold hard country. You can't toss his NFL future away over something like this.

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What a stupid thought process. HE is throwing it away. Ignorance and upbringing are not excuses for committing crimes he isnt starving; his scholarship provides food and shelter. Thug life born and thug life bred...

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No, we should suspend him, see what all the facts and legal ramifications are, and then boot him if they're serious enough.

Good grief. I think we should him give him shock therapy. That will might cure him.

I think there is some Fayetteville linebacker that is supposed to be good. We should lead on him as well. JLS is a good recruiter. Coach Petrino was a good coach but he was kinda like Bobby Knight. That made recruiting tougher.